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Carlsen, So In Grand Chess Tour; Kramnik Declines
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Magnus Carlsen and Wesley So, the world number one and two in the live ratings, will be playing the 2017 Grand Chess Tour. Vladimir Kramnik could not play in all events and therefore had to decline. In a press release on Tuesday the Grand Chess Tour ...

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Carlsen, So In Grand Chess Tour; Kramnik Declines
Chess.com
These nine players will all compete in the 2017 Sinquefield Cup (31 July-12 August) and the 2017 London Classic (29 November-12 December) where they will be joined by one wildcard in each tournament. This year there will be three rapid events instead ...

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The Forest of Dean Review
Chess Club checkmates its opponents
The Forest of Dean Review
•Chepstow's St Mary's Primary School's Chess Club team with their trophy won at the London Chess Classic. A CHESS club at St Mary's Primary School, Chepstow, 'checkmated' its opponents at a London tournament. Fourteen members of the Chess Club ...

Chess Club checkmates its opponents | theforestreview.co.uk  Forest of Dean and Wye Valley Review

Carlsen, So In Grand Chess Tour; Kramnik Declines  Chess.com

Magnus Carlsen and Wesley So, the world number one and two in the live ratings, will be playing the 2017 Grand Chess Tour. Vladimir Kramnik could not play ...

Carlsen, So In Grand Chess Tour; Kramnik Declines  Chess.com

Magnus Carlsen and Wesley So, the world number one and two in the live ratings, will be playing the 2017 Grand Chess Tour. Vladimir Kramnik could not play ...

Wesley So pushes unbeaten streak to 56 with Tata Steel chess win
Washington Times
Since a loss to Carlsen at Bilbao last summer, So has not dropped a game against world-class competition in six months, while helping the U.S. to its first Olympiad gold in four decades in Baku and taking first in the Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis, the ...

Washington Times
Wesley So pushes unbeaten streak to 56 with Tata Steel chess win
Washington Times
... last summer, So has not dropped a game against world-class competition in six months, while helping the U.S. to its first Olympiad gold in four decades in Baku and taking first in the Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis, the London Chess Classic and now Tata.
Rules star-studded Tata with final round win Wesley ranks world No. 2Philippine Star
Wesley wins Dutch tourney in grand styleManila Bulletin

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Washington Times
Wesley So pushes unbeaten streak to 56 with Tata Steel chess win
Washington Times
Since a loss to Carlsen at Bilbao last summer, So has not dropped a game against world-class competition in six months, while helping the U.S. to its first Olympiad gold in four decades in Baku and taking first in the Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis, the ...
Rules star-studded Tata with final round win Wesley ranks world No. 2Philippine Star
Wesley wins Dutch tourney in grand styleManila Bulletin

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Philippine Star
Rules star-studded Tata with final round win Wesley ranks world No. 2
Philippine Star
So also won the Sinquefield Cup in August last year, took the Olympic team gold and the individual gold in last year's Olympiad and topped the London Chess Classic. His final round victory over Nepomniachtchi also stretched his unbeaten streak to 56 ...
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Free Press Series
School's chess club scoops second place in national competition
Free Press Series
MEMBERS of a Chepstow primary school chess club came second after visiting the London Chess Classic last month. The chess conference, which takes place every year, was at the Hilton Olympia Hotel in December and saw children from far and wide ...

PhilBoxing.com
WESLEY SO WINS WORLD'S STRONGEST CHESS TOURNAMENT
PhilBoxing.com
He won the Sinquefield Cup in August 2016, then Olympic Team Gold for USA and Individual Board-3 Gold in Baku, then the London Chess Classic (LCC) + 1st Place overall in the Grand Chess Tour 2016 to make him the best player of the year 2016 and ...
So wins Tata Steel chess crown, climbs to no. 2 in world rankingsThe Standard
So hangs on; Wei closes inInquirer.net

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Mundo Agua y Saneamiento
11 people killed in Georgia following severe weather
Mundo Agua y Saneamiento
Last year, So won a couple of big tournaments - the Sinquefield Cup in August and the London Chess Classic in December. Carlsen settled for second with eight points on four points, eight draws and one loss for +6,500 consolation purse.

Mundo Agua y Saneamiento
Cuomo proposes state constitutional amendment to protect abortion
Mundo Agua y Saneamiento
Pentala Harikrishna finishes ninth at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament Last year, So won a couple of big tournaments - the Sinquefield Cup in August and the London Chess Classic in December. Carlsen settled for second with eight points on four points, ...

Minneapolis Star Tribune
Minnetonka chess player ranked No. 2 in world after latest super tournament win
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Carlsen, who finished in the second place, had skipped the last two super tournaments So won — the London Chess Classic in December, and the Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis in August. “Winning this tournament is huge, with the world champion in it ...
So wins Tata Steel chess crown, climbs to no. 2 in world rankingsThe Standard
Wesley rules Tata Steel Masters ChessThe Manila Times
Wesley So wins 2017 Tata Steel Chess TournamentRappler
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
Minnetonka chess player ranked No. 2 in world after latest super tournament win
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Carlsen, who finished in the second place, had skipped the last two super tournaments So won — the London Chess Classic in December, and the Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis in August. “Winning this tournament is huge, with the world champion in it ...
So wins Tata Steel chess crown, climbs to no. 2 in world rankingsThe Standard
Wesley wins Dutch tourney in grand styleManila Bulletin
Wesley rules Tata Steel Masters ChessThe Manila Times
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Manila Bulletin
Wesley wins Dutch tourney in grand style
Manila Bulletin
It was also his third straight tournament win after ruling the Sinquefield Cup and the London Chess Classic. For his feat, So jumped from No. 3 to No. 2 in the world rankings with 2822 – just 26 points off reigning world champion GM Magnus Carlsen of ...

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Manila Bulletin
Wesley wins Dutch tourney in grand style » Manila Bulletin Sports
Manila Bulletin
Grandmaster Wesley So destroyed his Russian rival in the final round and captured the Tata Steel Masters 2017 title yesterday in Wijk aan zee, the Netherlands.

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Wesley So wins in Wijk
BusinessWorld Online Edition
With the victory he was also awarded a crystal cup (and an additional $100,000) for winning the overall Grand Chess Tour. And now this Filipino playing for the USA (yes, he considers himself an OFW) has won the first big event of 2017, the Tata Steel ...

Wesley So wins in Wijk
BusinessWorld Online Edition
Last August he won the 4th Sinquefield Cup (after finishing last in the previous year) with two wins (vs Topalov and Nakamura) and seven draws. This was a category 22 (average rating 2778) with Anand, Aronian, Caruana, Topalov, Vachier-Lagrave, ...